Tough Times and Potential Energy
NEED TO KNOW PORTUGAL Tough Times and Potential Energy Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will be running for reelection on January 24 […]
Bearded Wisdom
NEED TO KNOW CANADA Bearded Wisdom Where the US and Canada meet has long been celebrated as the longest unguarded border in […]
Trouble Spots
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Trouble Spots Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting together a team of defense officials, security experts and diplomats […]
Alliance Mending
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION Alliance Mending For more than 50 years, the Transatlantic alliance has arguably been the most powerful force […]
New Guard, Old Challenges
NEED TO KNOW WORLD New Guard, Old Challenges Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev recently wrote that President Donald Trump has made a […]
Separate But Not Equal
NEED TO KNOW JAMMU & KASHMIR Separate But Not Equal Heavy snowfall recently inundated the Kashmir Valley, bringing life to a standstill […]
Fighting Past Sunset
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Fighting Past Sunset President Donald Trump ordered most American troops out of Somalia in early December. But that […]
A Riot Felt ‘Round the World
NEED TO KNOW WORLD A Riot Felt ‘Round the World German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tweeted a comparison between the assault on the US […]
Isolated Yet Impacted
NEED TO KNOW MARSHALL ISLANDS Isolated Yet Impacted The Marshall Islands are an isolated outpost of American influence in the vast Pacific […]
A Prerequisite for Trust
NEED TO KNOW IRAQ A Prerequisite for Trust Few people outside the White House defended President Donald Trump’s pardon of four Blackwater […]
The Fix Is In
NEED TO KNOW KYRGYZSTAN The Fix Is In Kyrgyzstan’s recent political turbulence began after protests erupted in the wake of the parliamentary […]
Against All Odds
NEED TO KNOW UGANDA Against All Odds Ugandan presidential candidate Bob Wine, a reggae star-cum-opposition leader, recently accused the driver of a […]
Not Sitting Down
NEED TO KNOW KAZAKHSTAN Not Sitting Down Kazakhstan didn’t take too kindly to Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 film, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of […]
Here’s to Hope
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Here’s to Hope Well, it was quite a year. It’s safe to say the big international story was […]
Badge of Dishonor
NEED TO KNOW PHILIPPINES Badge of Dishonor The Philippines is having its George Floyd moment. An off-duty police officer in the East […]
A War on Children
NEED TO KNOW NIGERIA A War on Children Chibok became a black mark on Nigeria’s history. That’s where Boko Haram fighters kidnapped […]
A Special Kind of War
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA A Special Kind of War Much ado has been made of the alleged Russian hacking of US government […]
Anti-Fragility
NEED TO KNOW SOUTH AMERICA Anti-Fragility Gustavo Delgado visits a food pantry every day in his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Otherwise, […]
The Virus That ‘Stole’ Christmas
NEED TO KNOW WORLD The Virus That ‘Stole’ Christmas In Germany, it’s allowed to celebrate Christmas with four people outside of one’s […]
A Question of Lives
NEED TO KNOW NIGER A Question of Lives Boko Haram militants affiliated with the Islamic State killed 28 people and burned 800 […]
Of Freedoms and Free-For-Alls
NEED TO KNOW SOLOMON ISLANDS Of Freedoms and Free-For-Alls Leaders in the Solomon Islands are considering a ban on Facebook in order […]
A Democratic Frontier
NEED TO KNOW CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC A Democratic Frontier Violent groups control much of the Central African Republic. Around a quarter of […]